×
App Icon
The Standard e-Paper
Home To Bold Columnists
★★★★ - on Play Store
Download Now

Elders on the mountain: Epic climb up Kilimanjaro

Vocalize Pre-Player Loader

Audio By Vocalize

Ahmed Jibril and his team on a recent practice climb in Ngong Hills.

At this moment, a group of people, most of them over 60, are climbing Mt Kilimanjaro to raise money for the elderly in a journey that began yesterday, August 3. The oldest is 74. We caught up with one of the organizers, Ahmed Jibril, 62, before they began the climb.

Ahmed Jibril's journey to organise a charity climb up Mount Kilimanjaro began with a deeply personal inspiration: his late mother.

Premium Article

Get Full Access for Ksh299/Week.

Fact-first reporting that puts you at the heart of the newsroom. Subscribe for full access.
Continue Reading  →
What you get
  • Unlimited access to all premium content
  • Ad-free browsing experience
  • Mobile-optimised reading
  • Weekly newsletters & digests
Pay via
M - PESA
VISA
Airtel Money
Secure Payments Kenya's most trusted newsroom since 1902
By AFP 6 hrs ago
Sports
Prizmic follows up on Djokovic exploit by reaching Italian Open last 16
By AFP 8 hrs ago
Football
Barcelona need a point against Real Madrid to win La Liga
By Mose Sammy 8 hrs ago
Golf
Gitari outshines 280 golfers to win title at Muthaiga
By Ben Ahenda 9 hrs ago
Sports
Inaugural Darts Championships enters knockout stages